Holder for paper cups.



1. R. KLIN.

HOLDER FOR PAPER CUP APPLICATION FILED NOV-20.1916.

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Application filed November 20, 1916. Serial No. 132,366.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. KLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in'the county oi Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Paper Cups,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for paper cups, itbeing more particularly adapted for. holding the sanitary paper cups incommon use at soft drink dispensaries.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder in which the cups maybe easily and quickly inserted and ejected, and also to provide a holderwhich will be simple in construction, economical in manufacture andefi'ective in operation.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a vertical section of a holderand cup.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in section.

Fig.3 is a perspective view of the holder.

Fig. 4 is a view of a stack of the paper on s and their container.

he main portion 1 of the holder is in the form of an inverted frustum ofa cone, the cut off vertex of which is replaced by a cylindricalcup-shaped portion 2 which may be integrally formed with themainportion 1. The cup-shaped portion 2 is inserted in the upwardlyextending neck 3 of a base 4, being preferably secured therein bysolderin in the embodiment shown and preferred the holder, by virtue ofthe relation of its main portion and base has a goblet-like form. a 7The main portion 1 of the holder is of the exact shape of the paper cup5 which it lSl designed to hold with the exception that the apex of thepaper cup will project into the cup-shaped portion 2, thiscup-shapedportion 2 being for the purpose of not only giving clearanceto the apex of the cup but also f to form a receptacle for any leakageof the liquid contained in the cup so that the holder maybe readilycleansed. The extreme outer edge of the main portion 1 is provided withan inturned bead or flange 6 (shown in detail in Fig. 2) and is alsoprovided about the sides thereof with a seriesiof openings 7.- idromFig. 2 it will be noted-'ltliat the under side of the flange 6 isslightly channeled so as to engage and hold the edge of the paper cup,an that the flange is substantially unfixed or unchangeable incircumference.

The operation of the device is as follows The paper cups 5 are stackedin telescopic form in a suitable container 8 as shown in Fig. 4, withtheir apexes projecting upwardly. The holder is then inverted andpressed down over-the top-most cup, causing the edge of the cup tospring in under the bead or flange 5 of the holder and thus firmlyPatented May is, rare;

securing the cup in'the holder. After the cup has been used, it may bereadily ejected I L from the holder by inserting a finger or fingers inone or more of the openings 7 and pressing inwardly.

By the arrangement described it will be seen that a holder is providedin which the .paper cup may be inserted in an easy and quick mannerwithout the necessity of touching the cup with the hands.

he goblet-like form of the holder greatly facilitates the abovedescribed operation of engaging the holder in inverted relation overtheuppermost cupof the stack. The container 8 is usually of a depth toacconnnm date fifty of the cups but the goblet-like form of the holderenables itto be inserted into the container throughout the entiredept-l1 thereof; and consequently no dihiculty is met in engaging theholder with a cup and removing, the cup from the relatively deep contaier even when, as shown, only a few of the cups remain in the container.

1Having thus described my invention, claim:

1. In a holder for paper cups, 9. main porconforming to the holder, theedge portionof the outermost cup will spring under the said flangd andsaid flange will function to prevent the displacement of said cup fromwithin the: holder.

a 2. In a holder for paper cups, a main portion of fixed conical formhaving along its upper edge an inwardly directed annular flange arrangedwhereby, upon the holder being presed upon a stack of nested cupsconformingto the holder, the edge portion of the outermost cup willspring under the said flangeand said flange will function to the sandIfiiliil portion through which a finger exercise n'essure on the ive tofiisengage its ege cup which i.

01 paper cufis compris' 1 ruled tubal fixed conical munication with itsime-rior a cup-like p0rtion which is fixed and secured in said neck andreceives the drippings from the cu which may be arranged in said mainportion. in testimon maereof, 1 have hereume set my hand this lth day ofNcvemberiQiG.

